tanko

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From English tank.

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -anko
• Hyphenation: tan‧ko

tanko (accusative singular tankon, plural tankoj, accusative plural tankojn)

1. tank (armored vehicle)

• stanko (dated)

Borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᛊᛏᚨᚾᚷᚢ (*stangu), from Proto-Germanic *stangō (“bar, rod, stake”) (compare German Stange).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑŋko/,
• Rhymes: -ɑŋko
• Hyphenation^(key): tan‧ko

tanko

1. rod, bar, pole, staff (long stick)

   tankotanssi ― pole dance

   1. (ballet) barre (handrail fixed to a wall to aid exercises)
   2. (metallurgy) billet
2. Ellipsis of kanelitanko (“quill; thin dried piece of something, especially cinnamon”).
3. Ellipsis of vaniljatanko (“stick; dried fruit of vanilla”).
4. Ellipsis of saippuatanko (“loaf; large block of soap”).
5. Ellipsis of vaatetanko (“clothes rail”).

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

• “tanko”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• kanto, katon, nokat, tokan

tanko

1. first-person singular present indicative of tankar

tanko

1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of tanak